Emergency Response Roster - Response Director

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee development & implementation of World Vision humanitarian response strategy and plans.
• Oversee response operations across multiple locations, direct and with/through partners.
• Recruit, retain and manage a unified and effective response team across multiple countries and sites.
• Ensure the response is well resourced, coordinated and communicates effectively with humanitarian actors, governments, donors, media etc.
• Ensure the response is well coordinated with stakeholders across the World Vision Partnership.
• Ensure that security, legal, safeguarding, other key risks and resources are well managed with good stewardship across the response.

Required Experience

• A minimum of 15 years in leadership roles in the humanitarian and development sector, including in major INGOs.
• At least 10 years’ senior management experience in humanitarian responses within complex, fragile and conflict related contexts.
• Excellent communications and relationship management skills.
• Demonstrated understanding of humanitarian principles, standards and best practices.
• Experience in leading a multi-cultural team of professionals.
• Experience working in high pressure, rapid response environments with multiple risks.

Required Language(s)

Effective in written and verbal communication in English. Other UN languages such as French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, preferred.

Required Travel and/or Work Environment Accommodations

The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 70% of the time. Work hours are often in excess of normal working hours per day during difficult periods of the response. Responses are often mounted in insecure or natural disaster-prone contexts, which may disrupt normal work patterns and generate staff safety issues. Work and housing environments may at times be well below normal standards in terms of facilities, equipment, food availability and hygiene.